Dear Book Clubbers,
Wednesday’s meeting at Jill’s to discuss Frankenstein was a tremendous success. We rated the book a 3.65 overall, with those attending somewhat falling mainly into two groups: those who enjoyed Mary Shelley’s writing style and those who found it verbose and bombastic. As usual, this disparity of opinion gave rise to some great discussion, as did Jill’s thorough research and preparation. Karla proposed a totally different interpretation of the book which had us all really thinking and some even contemplating a second read with her hypothesis in mind. Fascinating stuff. Many thanks to Jill and all who brought stuff to the evening.
Our next meeting is at 6:30 on Wednesday, November 30th at our house. This is the co-ed meeting so we will shoot for everyone bringing something in the way of a substantial appetizer or dessert since we try to make this a decent finger food dinner for those attending. Wine is always good too. The book is Catch-22 by Joseph Heller and Chris Strong will be leading the discussion. A sheet was passed around Wednesday night. If you signed up for something, that serves as your RSVP. If not, please e-mail me or call to let me know what you want to bring. I am having rotator cuff surgery on November 8th, so Rob may be reaching out for some set up and tear down help once we know how I am doing. Please refer to the newsletter from September 8th or to the blog to view the books being considered for the 2012 co-ed selection. Of course, the guys are always welcome to add their own suggestions to the mix.
Other upcoming events include the Craneridge Family Halloween Party on Saturday, October 29th. The plan is to meet at the mail center at 5 PM for a parade around the neighborhood followed by pizza, games and crafts at the pool shelter. All are welcome…those with kids, those without, grandparents, etc. Just please try to sign the sheet at the mail center so that the organizers have a rough head count.
On Halloween night (10/31), Rob and I will again open our home for anyone to stop in. Make it the last stop with your kids and come in for warming beverages and snacks. If you don’t get any trick or treaters at your house and just want to come to our house to see kids there or simply hang out, come with a snack or beverage to share anytime after 6 PM. Please pass the word on to other neighbors who aren’t in book club. All are welcome.
Katherine Orrange requested that those of us on Facebook “friend” the Craneridge Association. The board is hoping this can become a viable way to get communications out to people in a pinch.
The Daffodil Bulb Planting event that was scheduled for 10/15 got a little washed out. Contact Shirley Skinner ASAP if you can help out planting bulbs in common areas around the neighborhood and around your own home.
Beth Roy has a bread maker that is free to a good home. The appliance is in great condition. Beth has just gotten into doing all her bread dough prep with her own hands and would love to see someone take advantage of this modern convenience…and get it out of her way.
The Craneridge Holiday party is pretty definitely set for December 3rd at the Hearth Restaurant in Chaffee. Save the date and stay tuned for further details.
We chose the next two books and the next three dates for 2012. Remember we are going to try scheduling meetings monthly to get more books read with the caveat that many of us will sometimes skip a book because it either didn’t grab us or we didn’t have time for it. This is something we decided at the selection night to try. Let’s see how it works for the beginning of the year. We will attempt to vary our book selections so that any lengthier reads are followed by short books whenever possible. The upcoming dates include:
January 11th – Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese – Elizabeth Strong’s house
February 15th – The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins – hostess to be determined
March 14th – book to be determined – Terri’s house
I think that is all the news and business. Seems there was a lot to say this month. Don’t forget that if you have general announcements, you can send them out directly to our members and eliminate me as the middleman who isn’t always timely in getting to things :)!
Read on,
Jan
